Journal
PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 55, Issue 2, Pages 269-280Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu001
Keywords
Auxin; Cytokinin; High CO2; Low nitrogen; Low pH; Root to shoot ratio
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT) [21114007]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21114004, 21114005, 23370015, 21114007] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Biomass allocation between shoots and roots is an important strategy used by plants to optimize growth in various environments. Root to shoot mass ratios typically increase in response to high CO2, a trend particularly evident under abiotic stress. We investigated this preferential root growth (PRG) in Arabidopsis thaliana plants cultivated under low pH/high CO2 or low nitrogen (N)/high CO2 conditions. Previous studies have suggested that changes in plant hormone, carbon (C) and N status may be related to PRG. We therefore examined the mechanisms underlying PRG by genetically modifying cytokinin (CK) levels, C and N status, and sugar signaling, performing sugar application experiments and determining primary metabolites, plant hormones and expression of related genes. Both low pH/high CO2 and low N/high CO2 stresses induced increases in lateral root (LR) number and led to high C/N ratios; however, under low pH/high CO2 conditions, large quantities of C were accumulated, whereas under low N/high CO2 conditions, N was severely depleted. Analyses of a CK-deficient mutant and a starchless mutant, in conjunction with sugar application experiments, revealed that these stresses induce PRG via different mechanisms. Metabolite and hormone profile analysis indicated that under low pH/high CO2 conditions, excess C accumulation may enhance LR number through the dual actions of increased auxin and decreased CKs.
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